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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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